Most people would think that three large men supposedly trained to deal with emergencies could find some way other than gunplay to deal with the “threat” posed by a 62-year-old man armed with a baseball bat. The lethal police shooting of Peoria, Arizona resident Richard Allen Dodds last night (January 25) suggests otherwise. Dodds, described by neighbors as a kind, quiet man, got embroiled in an intense argument with his wife over finances. A family member handicapped by common — and increasingly fatal — misconceptions about how to handle an emergency dialed 911 in the tragically misplaced confidence that the … Continue reading Of COURSE They Shot Him: He Brought a Baseball Bat to a Gunfight